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eMOLT Update 2024-05-31
Weekly Recap
More than a dozen drifters have been deployed in the past month as
seen in the regularly updated tracks here. Kudos to
the eMOLT fishermen who have helped us out with these educational
efforts. Captain Joe on the F/V Ryan Joseph started deploying a few
classroom-built drifters this past weekend and plans to deploy a few
more from Boston area schools in the coming weeks. Joe fishes in Mass
Bay so, ideally, these units have some chance of documenting Boston
Harbor outflow towards Cape Cod Bay, always an interesting track.
Captain Dave on the F/V Margaret M came into a 3rd grade Dorchester
classroom (where one of the drifters was being built) with traps and
live lobsters a few weeks ago. That will be one class these third
graders will not forget!

Water temperatures in the Gulf of Maine remain cold as you can see in
the profile below. Bottom temps across Gulf were around 41 F (5 Celsius)
over the last week. 
This week, Emma Fowler from the Study Fleet team joined Huanxin and
George in New Bedford to work on repairing and reinstalling eMOLT
systems aboard the F/V Sea Watcher II, F/V Terri Ann, and F/V Princess
Scarlett. A big thanks to Captain Charlie, Captain Dave, and the shore
team at Atlantic Shellfish for their help getting everything squared
away. Over the coming months, Emma will be lending a hand in New Bedford
more frequently so we can address any issues with your systems there
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